A game-changer for a generation
A group of kindergartners in Virginia recently brought home good news to their parents: their college tuition, textbooks and fees would be paid for when they graduated from high school. In fact, all current K-12…
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Washington Watch: Evolving guidance on federal vaccination mandate
Community college leaders across the country are striving to optimize the health and safety of their campuses related to Covid. While much is being done voluntarily or guided by local and state governments, the federal…
Answering the workforce call
When Anthony J. Iacono took over as president of County College of Morris (CCM) five years ago, he inherited a strong academic transfer school for students moving from high school to four-year colleges — and…
If you build it, will they come?
There is perhaps no perfect time for community colleges to build new facilities as the pandemic and other factors impact student enrollment. Fall 2020 admission at community colleges dropped 10% from a year earlier, according…
Embracing workforce development
We may not agree on much, but everyone agrees on the critical importance of equipping hardworking Americans with the education, technical training, and much-needed skills to succeed in the workplace and help our economy do…
Helping immigrants transition to the U.S.
Armando Carignan wanted to live in the U.S. since he was five years old. He watched hundreds of hours of American comedy, admiring the nation’s culture, language and the possibility of a good career. “I…
Default rates continue downward trend
New federal data show that the student loan default rate for community colleges saw a large decrease in fiscal year 2018 — dropping 3.6 percentage points to 11.5%. The big dip is, in part, due…
Some silver linings in fall enrollments
Fall enrollments at community colleges appear to be fairly flat so far, with a few colleges seeing some upticks and a few seeing small drops. But enrollments at a few two-year colleges have bounced back…
Collaboration is key to thwart cyber threats
To thwart cyber threats, colleges need to partner with other institutions and work better internally among their departments, according to a panel of cyber experts in the higher education field. Cyber criminals are working in…
Design for equity, enrollments will follow
There are two questions that probably every community college president in America has likely been asked by the local media in the past few months. “What’s the impact of Covid-19 on enrollment?”“What could be the…